Legal Opinion
United States v. Gibson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 2008No. 07-2330PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, Joseph L. Gibson was convicted of two counts of using a facility of interstate commerce for the commission of murder for hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958, 1 one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(k). He was sentenced to a total of 235 months in prison. He appeals from his conviction. We start with the facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict.
In 2004, Gibson and a…
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